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1947
- 1950
Majority on Left; Minority on Right
81st
Congress (1949
- 1950)
| Democrats |
Republicans |
| Carl
Vinson, GA, Chairman |
Dewey
Short, MO, Ranking Member |
| Overton
Brooks, LA |
Leslie
Arends, IL |
| Paul
Kilday, TX |
Sterling
Cole, NY |
| Carl
Durham, NC |
Thomas
Parnell, NJ |
| Lansdale
Sasscer, MD |
George
Bates, MA |
| James
Heffernan, NY |
Paul
Shafer, MI |
| Mendel
Rivers, SC |
Charles
Elston, OH |
| Philip
Philbin, MA |
John
Anderson, CA |
| Edward
Hebert, LA |
William
Blackney, MI |
| Arthur
Winstead, MS |
Leroy
Johnson, CA |
| Franck
Havenner, CA |
Harry
Towe, NJ |
| Melvin
Price, IL |
Leon
Gavin, PA |
| Clark
Fisher TX |
Walter
Norblad, Jr., OR |
| Porter
Hardy, Jr., VA |
James
Van Zandt, PA |
| William
Green, Jr., PA |
Joseph
Farrington, HI |
| Clyde
Doyle, CA |
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| Edward
deGraffenreid, AK |
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| John
Walsh, IN |
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| Gary
Clemente, NY |
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| Victor
Wickersham, OK |
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| E.L.
"Bob" Bartlett, AL |
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| Antonio
Fernos-Isern, PR |
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NOTES: Territorial
Delegates E.L. "Bob" Bartlett
(D-AK) and Joseph Farrington (R-HI)
and Antonio Fernos-Isern (Popular
Democrat-PR), the Resident Commissioner for
Puerto Rico, were not allowed to
accrue seniority nor were they included in
the committee's party ratio.
Changes
Minority: George Bates (R-MA)
11/1/49, Died in office
Thomas Parnell (R-NJ) 1/2/50, Resigned and
retired
James Patterson (R-CT) 1/9/50, Replaced
Bates
Herbert Meyer (R-KS) 5/1/50, Replaced Thomas
Herbert Meyer (R-KS) 10/2/50, Died in office
Departures
from the House
Majority: John Walsh (D-IN),
Defeated for reelection
80th
Congress (1947
- 1948)
| Republicans |
Democrats |
| Walter
Andrews, NY, Chairman |
Carl
Vinson, GA, Ranking Member |
| Dewey
Short, MO |
Patrick
Henry Drewry, VA |
| Leslie
Arends, IL |
Ewing
Thomason, TX |
| Sterling
Cole, NY |
Overton
Brooks, LA |
| Charles
Clason, MA |
Lyndon
Johnson, LA |
| Thomas
Parnell, NJ |
Paul
Kilday, TX |
| George
Bates, MA |
Carl
Durham, NC |
| Paul
Shafer, MI |
Lansdale
Sasscer, MD |
| William
Hess, OH |
James
Heffernan, NY |
| Charles
Elston, OH |
Mendel
Rivers, SC |
| John
Anderson, CA |
Robert
Sikes, FL |
| William
Blackney, MI |
Philip
Philbin, MA |
| Margaret
Chase Smith, ME |
Edward
Hebert, LA |
| Leroy
Johnson, CA |
Arthur
Winstead, MS |
| Harry
Towe, NJ |
E.L.
"Bob" Bartlett, AL |
| Cecil
"Runt" Bishop, IL |
Antonio
Fernos-Isern, PR |
| Leon
Gavin, PA |
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| Walter
Norblad, Jr., OR |
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| James
Van Zandt, PA |
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| Joseph
Farrington, HI |
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NOTES: Territorial
Delegates E.L. "Bob" Bartlett
(D-AK) and Joseph Farrington (R-HI)
and Antonio Fernos-Isern (Popular
Democrat-PR), the Resident Commissioner for
Puerto Rico, were not allowed to
accrue seniority nor were they included in
the committee's party ratio.
Changes
Minority: Ewing Thomason (D-TX)
7/26/47, Left committee, resigned House for
federal judgeship on July 31, 1947
Franck Havenner (D-CA) 7/26/47, Replaced
Thomason
Patrick Henry Drewry (D-VA) 12/21/47, Died
in office
Melvin Price (D-IL) 1/20/48, Replaced Drewry
Departures
from the House
Majority: Margaret Chase Smith
(R-ME), Elected to U.S. Senate
Charles Clason (R-MA), Defeated for
reelection
William Hess (R-OH), Defeated for reelection
Walter Andrews (R-NY), Retired
Minority: Lyndon Johnson (D-TX),
Elected to U.S. Senate
Departures from Committee
Majority: Cecil "Runt"
Bishop (R-IL), No new assignment
Minority: Robert Sikes (D-FL), Moved
to Appropriations
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